changes

Mark and I had a great 10 miler this morning.  We did it non stop in 1:46!!  Very happy with that even though my left knee is still aching as I type this almost 6hrs later.  That's the 1st non stop 10 mile I've done since Diana and Shan and I did it possibly as long as 2 years ago on a Thursday morning ( If memory serves me correctly we did it that day in 1:41).  Another milestone this morning was only my 2nd nature call in 6 plus years of our Thursday morning run.

Some bad news is that Mark may be bailing out of our Thursday morning runs soon.  His wife is getting a job in San Antonio that she'll be commuting to daily.  That leaves him in charge of taking care of their daughter every morning.  Everything changes in time, nothing stays the same.

laugh

I'm thankful, thankful, thankful to be able to do the running that I do!!  Had a good 7 mile run this morning with Mark L.  I started out pushing a bit too hard and was hurting pretty badly with 3 miles left.   Mark was holding back at the start and was pushing at the end.  I think I'm gonna change my tactics with that.  It definitely makes more sense to hold back a little in the first few miles than do it like I did today.
I got a little reprieve when I spotted our old running pal Mike Riggs.  Thankfully we were able to stop to talk to him for about a minute.  I told him I was never happier to see him than today!!  We all got a laugh out of that!!  Our time of 1:09.40 wasn't that bad after all I guess.

good

Really good 3 days of running and walking.  26ish total miles!!   I'm getting in much better shape too. Yesterday I did Ken's in 1:19.  I purposely took it easy and was only 4 minutes slower than a hard effort last week.  Things are looking better and better for the 40 miler in Glen Rose in Sep!!

scar tissue

15 miles running yesterday at Barton Creek and 5 miles walking with Misty at Lady Bird this morning. Yesterday I went out with 120 oz of fluid in anticipation of Big Bend in November.  I'm very happy with my best mileage weekend in a while.  My knee did pretty good.  It hurt yesterday but I powered through and did a bunch of stretching yesterday afternoon and it felt pretty good this morning.  I'm now convinced I've got some scar tissue under my knee cap.  I'm sure the buildup of that scar tissue is the minor pain I've been feeling the past couple of years.  I've already texted our good neighbor Reenie about doing some vigorous massage on it to begin breaking it up.   It's going to be very painful but I'm very sure that's what needs to happen.

ass

Pretty darn happy with 1:06.48 for our 7 miler this morning.  Very happy that I'm not losing any marked fitness while I'm trying to get my knee squared away.  Didn't have to get on Mark's ass till around the 5 mile mark on this mornings run.  I'd call that a successful morning!!

Lovie

3 mile hike at Ken's Saturday morning with Lovie and 5 miles in the hood this morning!!

patrol

Nice 5 patrol of the 'hood this morning.  Looked for Sam and Boodini but they were not to be found.

Ken's

Good hard 5 miler at Kens yesterday after work in 1:14.56.  That's twice in the last few weeks I've gotten in a harder run at Ken's in the evening.  Maybe I need to make it a regular thing.

reinforcement

Great 7 mile run this morning with Shan and Mark.  We did it in 1:08!!  Very happy with that time, my knee and my fitness.  With the positive reinforcement I got from today's run I'm going to be even more diligent with my knee stuff!!  Looking forward to cranking up the mileage in June!!